1746 English cricket season
- 1746 English cricket season
Infobox cricket season
season = 1746 English cricket season
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cricket formats = first-class and single wicket
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county champions = Addington/Surrey
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The ‘45 Rebellion was effectively over by the time the 1746 English cricket season got under way, the Battle of Culloden having been fought on Wed 16 April.
Honours
* Champion County [An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by media or historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted] – Addington/Surrey [ [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/histories/champions.html Champion counties from 1728] ] ] Matches
Other events
"Mon 21 July". There was a four-a-side match at the Artillery Ground between Four Millers of Bray Mills in Berkshire and Four Best Players of Addington. It was played for fifty pounds but the result is unknown. Thomas Waymark was by this time employed at Bray Mills and so he was probably involved [.]"Wed 6 August". A three-a-side game in the Artillery Ground involving "six players esteemed the best in England". The teams were Long Robin’s Side including Robert Colchin, John Bryant (both Bromley) and Joseph Harris (Addington) versus Stephen Dingate (Surrey), Val Romney (Sevenoaks) and Richard Newland (Slindon). Stephen Dingate’s side won the match [H T Waghorn, "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906] . Hundreds of pounds were lost and won over the game ][F S Ashley-Cooper, "At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742-1751", "Cricket" Magazine, 1900] .]References
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1746_ENG.html CricketArchive match lists]
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]
Further reading
* H S Altham, "A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)", George Allen & Unwin, 1962
* Derek Birley, "A Social History of English Cricket", Aurum, 1999
* Rowland Bowen, "Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
* David Underdown, "Start of Play", Allen Lane, 2000
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